Lobo3433 opened this issue on Jul 01, 2018 ยท 18 posts
Lobo3433 posted Wed, 04 July 2018 at 9:45 AM Forum Moderator
SheikhalMaktoum posted at 10:42AM Wed, 04 July 2018 - #4332711
Don't get your panties in a knot for a new graphics card just yet. It seems that Nvidia has a large (massive, gargantuan) overstock of existing cards it has to flog. They're saying via press releases that the new cards won't be ready until next year but we all know that this is just marketing speak for, "we over estimated the amount of cards that the bitminer's would buy and now have to get rid of them despite the fact that our new (super and amazing!) cards are almost ready."
I'm going to sit on my wallet at least until next year. The new AMD 'snotripper' (or whatever it's called) chips will settle down in price and availability, motherboard manufacturers will optimize their boards and massage reliability, and lastly, the video card war will (should, might, maybe?) settle down.
My card is a Nvidia 980Ti which is still pretty good and and get decent Render times but have considered adding a second card but agree that waiting as well might not be a bad idea and see what the current does plus between $700 to $1000 for a new card still means pennys need to be saved 
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